Planning Your Career in Business

Your career in
business

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Section A..........................................................................................................................................1
A brief introduction to indicate what the portfolio contains and the reason for both the
personal statement and the CV that will be presented. ..............................................................1
You may also want to consider writing a short overview of the chosen organization in a bid to
justify your peculiar interests in working in such a place...........................................................2
SECTION B.....................................................................................................................................3
Personal statement in support of your application for a volunteer/work experience placement
in any organization of your choice..............................................................................................4
A detailed CV that has been carefully designed to fit purpose. .................................................5
SECTION C ....................................................................................................................................6
Self-assessment reflecting skill gaps (SWOT Analysis inclusive).............................................6
Action plan tailored towards your skill development (reflecting SMART objectives)..............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Business organisation is an entity that is formed for the purpose of carrying different
business activities. To become a successful entrepreneur it is essential to develop the required set
of skills which will help an organisation to make different strategies and plans to regulate proper
functioning and operations in effective and efficient manner. To deal with the constant changes,
it is important to built and acquire new skills and knowledge that will enable the organisation to
gain a competitive edge in the marketplace (Hidayat, 2019). The report is based on Sainsbury,
which is formed as a partnership in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with Mary Ann, in Covent
Garden, London. The company has started as a retailer of fresh food and later started dealing in
packed food products and groceries. This report discusses the portfolios and the need to include
personal statement and CV. It also discuss a brief overview of organisation, a reflection of
personal statement and skill gaps which an individual should work on by developing a significant
action plans to develop the relevant skills and knowledge.
MAIN BODY
Section A
A brief introduction to indicate what the portfolio contains and the reason for both the personal
statement and the CV that will be presented.
Personal statement and CV of an individual determines and defines the quality and
abilities that individual possess. It represent the personality of an individual and their
competitiveness from other applicants. Personal statement of an individual is an summary and
reflect the skills and potential that is being possess by an individual. These documents are
essential for an organisation and entity to identify the candidates which they are looking for with
particular set of skills and knowledge, because it helps the organisation to bring efficiency in
their performance and helps to achieve the desired goals and objectives. To grasp the
opportunity, that are available in the market, the workforce must attain the required set of skills
and knowledge that will improve their overall productivity and profitability (Orlova, 2021).
Curriculum vitae is a document which showcase the professional and academic accomplishments
of an individual. It showcase the contact information, education, research experience , teaching
experience, publication, preferences and more. It is the document which makes very first
impression on an individual on a recruiter and interviewer. It helps an entity and manager to
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evaluate whether the candidate is suitable for a job title or not. It is brief document that gives an
employee a chance to determine skills, experience in order to gain employment for particular
designation.
Importance and reason why personal statement and CV will be presented in a portfolio.
 It showcase the benefit an individual can offer to the organisation: Curriculum vitae is
a documents that determines whether the set of skills and knowledge that are being hold
by an individual are suitable for a particular job title or not (Vargo, 2019). It helps the
business organisation to select the talent which will improve the overall efficiency and
productivity of an organisation to achieve growth and long term success.
 Attract the attention of potential employers: Curriculum vitae must be attractive that is
capable of drawing the attention of the recruiter. So it is important for an candidates to
arrange their set of skills in a manner which highlights the strengths and knowledge their
acquire and which makes the candidate different from others to acquire competency.
 Matches the individual with the job role: It is a very crucial element while preparing a
curriculum vitae, it should be prepared by the individual keeping in mind the
requirements of the job designations that are being offered by a particular organisation.
Hence the documents must posses the requirements that are being required by an entity.
 It determines the applicable experience and the skills: The formation of CV determines
the capability and ability of an individual. It determines the efficiency of an individual to
complete their designated tasks within specified period of time.
Hence, to be able to get selected and gain priority among other applicants it is a essential to
possess and acquire the relevant skills and knowledge that help them to acquire the required
position and authority.
You may also want to consider writing a short overview of the chosen organization in a bid to
justify your peculiar interests in working in such a place.
Overview of the organisation ( Sainsbury)
Sainsbury is a UK based organisation, which was founded in 1869 in Covent Garden,
London (Karelin, Matsepuro and Selita, 2018). It is a retailer of fresh foods to the people but
later the company have expanded into packaged groceries such as tea and sugar. The purpose of
the organisation is to provide goods and services at an affordable prices which helps them to hold
a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsbury's
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